Andre's Z77 Personal Rig

[andrevautour]

hello again everyone,

today i'm excited to say that i have officially moved to Z77 and i will be doing a new project log for this build since it is a whole new platform and and most of the performance related hardware for this build will be all new.

here are the specifications of what i have now. (specs are current as of April 6, 2013)


Case: Corsair Obsidian Series 650D

Processor: Intel Core i7-3770K

Motherboard: MSI Big Bang Z77 MPower

Memory: 16GB Patriot Intel Extreme Masters 2133 MHz

Graphics: MSI Radeon 7950 Twin Frozr

SSD: Samsung 840 Series 250GB

Storage: 3TB Internal

Power Supply: Corsair AX850

Cooler: Noctua NH-D14

Fans: Noctua NF-P12's

Fan Control: Lamptron FC6 (removed)

Lighting: NZXT Sleeved LED Kit (removed)


I am starting to strip down the old build now. I will have updates with more pictures as I go. Here are some pictures to start with.


IMG_1479_small by Andre Vautour, on Flickr



IMG_1483_small by Andre Vautour, on Flickr



IMG_1482_small by Andre Vautour, on Flickr



IMG_1497_small by Andre Vautour, on Flickr




IMG_1374 by Andre Vautour, on Flickr



IMG_1403 by Andre Vautour, on Flickr


IMG_1410 by Andre Vautour, on Flickr


IMG_1396 by Andre Vautour, on Flickr

[rossi94]

Looks very nice, get it running :P

[CPMFW]

nice specs mate...
looking forward to this build!
i love the look of the mpower

[andrevautour]

so i have an update on the build progress


IMG_1502_small by Andre Vautour, on Flickr



some fresh zip ties and cable anchors

IMG_1503_small by Andre Vautour, on Flickr


i always like to have some video of tom's running when i work on a system


IMG_1504_small by Andre Vautour, on Flickr


pulling out the old system for disassembly


IMG_1505_small by Andre Vautour, on Flickr



IMG_1508_small by Andre Vautour, on Flickr



IMG_1510_small by Andre Vautour, on Flickr


last shot of the old cable management

IMG_1512_small by Andre Vautour, on Flickr


the old cables from the front panel and some from the fan controller hidden up in the roof. still now 100% sure if i will install the fan controller again but i do sort of like the control and i was able to get it very neat except for the annoying molex which is the only thing i need a molex for. i would like to get rig of the molex all together


IMG_1514_small by Andre Vautour, on Flickr


some of the bits that will be going into the new build

IMG_1518_small by Andre Vautour, on Flickr


IMG_1521_small by Andre Vautour, on Flickr


sabertooth x58 board , still a favorite looks wise!


IMG_1524_small by Andre Vautour, on Flickr


i like to keep a rag or something on top of the power supply when i work to make sure nothing falls into the grille of the psu


IMG_1525_small by Andre Vautour, on Flickr




IMG_1526_small by Andre Vautour, on Flickr


some last shots of the sabertooth


IMG_1528_small by Andre Vautour, on Flickr



IMG_1529_small by Andre Vautour, on Flickr


still a great chip today, overclocked amazingly well.


IMG_1530_small by Andre Vautour, on Flickr



IMG_1531_small by Andre Vautour, on Flickr



IMG_1532_small by Andre Vautour, on Flickr


you could move this one back and forth just by barely touching it


IMG_1533_small by Andre Vautour, on Flickr



IMG_1534_small by Andre Vautour, on Flickr



IMG_1535_small by Andre Vautour, on Flickr



IMG_1536_small by Andre Vautour, on Flickr





now some shots of the new cpu and board


IMG_1537_small by Andre Vautour, on Flickr


IMG_1539_small by Andre Vautour, on Flickr


temp kingston ram. i love the shade of blue, but it doesnt match anything unfortunately.


IMG_1540_small by Andre Vautour, on Flickr



IMG_1541_small by Andre Vautour, on Flickr



IMG_1542_small by Andre Vautour, on Flickr



IMG_1543_small by Andre Vautour, on Flickr




Will update again with more progress as I go!

Hope everyone is having a nice weekend!

[epeets]

everything is looking sweet. man its gonna be a bugger replacing the ram with such a huge heatsink. It just towers over everything! O_O lol Keeping an eye on this one!

[Bang]

Looks great so far but I almost had a cow when I saw that huge cooler on there
I've gotten too used to seeing liquid coolers on this forum lol Thanks though, I am better able to envision my upcoming project (minus the gigantic cooler)

[CPMFW]

nice progress mate... keep up the good work

[AverageNinja]

Epic! But your i7 920 build would've been fine still

[rossi94]

Bon appetit xD

[The Orange One]

Nice log so Far Mate!